Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act: Miltary Aid to Colombia

[alec ramsdell]

>S.2341 Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act (Introduced in U.S. 
Senate)
>same bill is:
>
>H.R.4300 Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act (Introduced in the 
House)
>following is section on military aid to Colombia:
>
>
>        SEC. 201. ADDITIONAL ERADICATION RESOURCES FOR COLOMBIA
>        -------------------------------------------------------
>
>(a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE- Funds are authorized to be appropriated for 
the
>Department of State for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the 
enhancement
>of drug-related eradication efforts in Colombia , as follows:
>
>        (1) For each such fiscal year for sustaining support of the
>        helicopters and fixed wing fleet of the national police of
>        Colombia , $6,000,000.
>
>        (2) For the purchase of DC-3 transport aircraft for the 
national
>        police of Colombia , the total amount of $2,000,000.
>
>        (3) For acquisition of concertina wire and tunneling detection
>        systems at the La Picota prison of the national police of
>        Colombia , the total amount of $1,250,000.
>
>        (4) For the purchase of minigun systems for the national police
>        of Colombia, the total amount of $6,000,000.
>
>        (5) For the purchase of 6 UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopters
>        for the national police of Colombia, the total amount of
>        $60,000,000 for procurement and an additional amount of
>        $12,000,000 for each such fiscal year for operation, 
maintenance,
>        and training.
>
>
>(b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE- Funds are authorized to be appropriated for 
the
>Department of Defense for fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001 for the
>enhancement of drug-related eradication efforts in Colombia, as 
follows:
>
>        (1) For procurement, Defense-wide, for upgrade of 50 UH-1H
>        helicopters to the Huey II configuration equipped with miniguns
>        for the use of the national police of Colombia, the total 
amount
>        of $70,000,000.
>
>        (2) For each such fiscal year for operation and maintenance,
>        Defense-wide, for forward deployment of 5 riverine operations
>        maintenance platforms for the use of the Army of Colombia,
>        $2,000,000.
>

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